http://tech.mit.edu/img/small-flag-inv.gif http://tech.mit.edu/ Recent photos and graphics from The Tech /V128/N25/graphics/abeyaratne.html Brian Hemond—The Tech Rohan Abeyaratne, the Quentin Berg Professor of Mechanics, is stepping down as the head of the Mechanical Engineering Department on July 1. /V128/N25/graphics/clin.html This figure plots innate talent versus achieved success and is a standard metric of whether one’s life surpasses or falls below its expectations. Of particular interest are: (1) The Starlet Triangle: Due to their fleeting fame and general lack of better judgment, all Hollywood starlets fall within a triangle bounded by Paris Hilton, Hillary Duff, and Lindsay Lohan. (2) The Steve meridian: Humanity has been blessed by the preponderance of extremely talented people named Steve. However, not all of them have lived up to their expectations e.g. Wozniak (whatever happened to that guy), Young (too many concussions), and Hawking (was wrong that one time which is inexcusable for someone of his talent). As usual Steve McQueen represents both the epitome of talent and success. (3) The Rat Pack Cluster: All members of the Rat Pack exist within this cluster of effortless cool bounded by Frank Sinatra and Joey Bishop. (4) The Cruise Trajectory. Tom Cruise is perhaps the only individual to have pe /V128/N25/graphics/steerroast-4.html Eric D. Schmiedl—The Tech Neptune performs at Steer Roast 2008, Senior Haus’ annual weekend-long party featuring the lighting of the fire pit, mud wrestling, and band performances. /V128/N25/graphics/primes-3.html Omari Stephens—The Tech Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy plays Charlie Parker’s “Yardbird Suite” on trumpet as a fun, yet appropriate diversion in a lecture entitled “The Music of the Primes,” held yesterday evening in 26-100. /V128/N25/graphics/dancetroupe-4.html Brian D. Hemond—The Tech Hannah J. Hsieh ’09 dances in a piece called “Tell Me Something Good” in the MIT Dance Troupe’s annual spring concert, this year entitled Summer Nights and held in Kresge Little Theatre. The piece was choreographed by Elizabeth Kwack, Heather A. Levites ’08 and Jessica D. Luttkus ’08. /V128/N25/graphics/dancetroupe-5.html Brian D. Hemond—The Tech Chris Liu ’10 (center), and Chukwuka C. Mbagwu ’11 (right) dance in a piece entitled “Candy and Caprice,” choreographed by Alexandra M. Beyer ’10, Jason A. Scott ’10, Kamo Jurn ’10, Tarikh C. Campbell ’09, Thaddeus R. Cybulski ’10. MIT Dance Troupe will run its annual spring show, this year called Summer Nights, in Kresge Little Theatre through Sunday, May 11. /V128/N25/graphics/pseudoscience.html /V128/N25/graphics/stealmycomic.html /V128/N25/graphics/steerroast-5.html Eric D. Schmiedl—The Tech Big Bear performs at Steer Roast 2008. MIT Senior Haus’ annual weekend-long Steer Roast party started at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2 with the lighting of the fire pit and traditional mud wrestling (featuring Haus housemasters Henry and Cynthia Jenkins) and continued until well past the bands finished playing late Saturday night. /V128/N25/graphics/steelbridge.html Ramya Sankar—The Tech MIT Steel Bridge Team members Adam Benjamin Talsma ’10, left, and Quinn A. Vollmert ’08, right, construct a bridge in front of the Student Center on May 5 while their teammates Jose G. Cano ’09, Tracy R. Takemura ’08, and Matthew A. Pires ’10 look on. The team will be going to nationals on May 23 and 24 at the University of Florida. /V128/N25/graphics/primes-2.html Omari Stephens—The Tech Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explains how the waveform of a violin’s sound can be expressed as a linear combination of pure tones. The explanation served as a stepping stone toward explaining the utility of the famous Riemann hypothesis. Sautoy presented a lecture entitled “The Music of the Primes” yesterday evening in 26-100. /V128/N25/graphics/steerroast-1.html Eric D. Schmiedl—The Tech Crowds watch as fire extinguisher-wielding residents spray down the fire pit right after it was lit to kick off Steer Roast 2008. MIT Senior Haus’ annual weekend-long Steer Roast party started at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2 with the lighting of the fire pit and traditional mud wrestling (featuring Haus housemasters Henry and Cynthia Jenkins) and continued until well past the bands finished playing late Saturday night. /V128/N25/graphics/dancetroupe-1.html Brian D. Hemond—The Tech Heather A. Levites ’08 and Adlai R. Grayson ’08 step through a routine in “Perfect Sense,” a piece choreographed by Grayson and Adam Kho ’08 in MIT Dance Troupe’s annual spring show, entitled Summer Nights. The show runs through Sunday, May 11 in Kresge Little Theatre. /V128/N25/graphics/proofoffalse.html /V128/N25/graphics/theoryofpete.html /V128/N25/graphics/dancetroupe-2.html Brian D. Hemond—The Tech Jessica D. Luttkus ’08 strikes a pose in “Heatwave,” a piece choreographed by Tarikh C. Campbell ’09, in MIT Dance Troupe’s annual spring show, this year entitled Summer Nights. The show runs through Sunday, May 11, in Kresge Little Theatre. /V128/N25/graphics/1013bridge.html Andrea Robles—The Tech David S. Baumgartner ’08 removes blocks as Professor Herbert H. Einstein looks on after the bridge designed by his team failed to support the 2000 lbs it was intended to hold. The event took place outside of student center on May 7 as part of Senior Civil and Environmental Engineering Design (1.013). /V128/N25/graphics/dancetroupe-3.html Brian D. Hemond—The Tech Dancers strike a pose at the end of “Greasy Bois & Girls,” a piece choreographed by Bettina H. Tso ’08, in MIT Dance Troupe’s annual spring show, entitled Summer Nights. The show, held in Kresge Little Theatre, runs through this Sunday, May 11. /V128/N25/graphics/quantumsamurai.html /V128/N25/graphics/blunderbuss.html /V128/N25/graphics/primes-1.html Omari Stephens—The Tech Marcus du Sautoy presents a large die with a single prime number P on it. Sautoy used the prop to help explain the prime number theorem, which describes the density of the primes, in a lecture entitled “The Music of the Primes.” /V128/N25/graphics/steerroast-2.html Eric D. Schmiedl—The Tech Steer Roast 2008 Veep Erik D. Fogg ’09 (right) and Hani Sallum ’96 (left) pose for the cameras in their armored costumes at the kickoff for Steer Roast 2008. MIT Senior Haus’ annual weekend-long Steer Roast party started at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2 with the lighting of the fire pit and traditional mud wrestling (featuring Haus housemasters Henry and Cynthia Jenkins) and continued until well past the bands finished playing late Saturday night. /V128/N25/graphics/2007competition.html Brian D. Hemond—The Tech Gregory D. Tao ’10, winner of the 2.007 robotics competition “Da(yes)MIT,” is carried on a victory lap by Utilikilt-wearing Professor Alexander H. Slocum, last night in the Johnson Athletic Center. /V128/N25/graphics/steerroast-3.html Eric D. Schmiedl—The Tech Javier M. Duarte ’10 throws Cinjon T. Resnick ’10 while mud wrestling at Steer Roast 2008 on April 2. Steer Roast is Senior Haus’ annual weekend long party that started at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2 with the lighting of the fire pit and traditional mud wrestling (featuring Haus housemasters Henry and Cynthia Jenkins) and continued until well past the bands finished playing late Saturday night.